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Signal

· Private · Updated 04 Oct 2026 09:24 UTC
#620 of 1208 overall by tension · #30 of 80 in Media & Platforms
13 Aligned
The Balanced
Analysis

Privacy-obsessed messaging app at C=53, B=66, sentiment 0.70. Signal's high cultural score (relative to market share) reflects a virtuous niche: trusted by journalists and dissidents, rejected by everyone else. Principled irrelevance.

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Cultural Score
53 / 100
Business Score
66 / 100
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CULTURAL BREAKDOWN
Wikipedia Momentum 15/40
News Presence 39/35
Search InterestRedistributed to other dimensions
BUSINESS BREAKDOWN
Stock Momentum 0/30
Market Position 0/25
Revenue Growth 0/25
Earnings Health 0/20
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Data: Wikipedia Pageviews, Google News RSS, AI Sentiment
All scores approximate. Updated weekly.
Sociology of Capitalism
Mike Litman